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Comments (1)

Sir

Mon, 20 Mar 2017 2:04pm GMT

I sympathise. I see all Job Descriptions for my organisation and help managers get them ready for publication and use.A continual theme is my telling managers that the JD is the technical manual, NOT the sales brochure. What do you want this job to DO, on a practical level. Some managers do struggle to get past meaningless management waffle. The amount of time I spend 'de-fluffing' JDs, taking out the 'exceeding customer expectations' or 'further ****'s reputation with key stakeholders' nonsense is staggering. And as for 'going the extra mile' - well, just be grateful the job isn't on a pier.As I say, what is the candidate in danger of getting involved in if they join us ?